Multimedia Dynamite

MPlayer has a very rich input command processing subsystem that
can be manipulated with the keyboard, mouse, joystick or LIRC remote
control. You also can customize several keyboard keys to invoke
MPlayer's controls.

The following provides the list of keys that can be configured. The
defaults are very sensible, and you may not need to change them:

$ mplayer -input keylist

You also can find MPlayer's controls for seeking, volume control,
brightness correction and other things with the following command:

$ mplayer -input cmdlist

The slave.txt file that comes with MPlayer's documentation explains how to
customize the input.conf and menu.conf files that come with the MPlayer
package in your Linux distribution.

You also can have MPlayer accept input commands from a FIFO file
(FIFO stands for First In, First Out). This comes in handy when it is reading
the media from the standard input:

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